Automotive Books, Videos & Software at Summit Racing

SA Design How to Chop Tops: A Pictorial Guide to Hot Rodding's Most Popular Modification

Initially performed to reduce aerodynamic drag during high-speed racing, chopping tops soon became a staple in hot rod culture. This modification isn't just about speed anymore, it's about making a bold visual statement. In this book, How to Chop Tops: A Pictorial Guide to Hot Rodding's Most Popular Modification, hot rod expert and historian Tony Thacker takes you through the history, techniques, and craftsmanship required to transform any classic car into a sleek, aerodynamic masterpiece. Individual chapters feature a variety of chops that have been performed by the industry's most talented fabricators. The most popular candidates for this modification are covered, including Ford Model As, Model Ts, 1932 3-window and 5-window coupes, 1933s, 1934s, and Shoeboxes. Featured expert contributions include Rick Lefever, Evin and Justin Veazie, the Kennedy Brothers, Bobby Walden, Troy Ladd's Hollywood Hot Rods, Rolling Bones, Roy Brizio, Cornfield Customs, Max Grundy, and more. Whether you want to tackle a chop yourself or are considering hiring a professional, this guide will provide the knowledge you need.

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COMP Cams DeskTop Dyno Engine Simulators

COMP Cams DeskTop Dynos offer more speed, more engine components, and improved accuracy. Designed for the serious engine enthusiast, the DeskTop Dyno simulation packages will evaluate custom cylinder heads, any cam timing, a wide range of bores and strokes, valve sizes, and connecting rod length and angularity. Plus, you can use an advanced compression ratio calculator, cam-math QuickCalculator, and even print multi-page dyno-test reports! If you want the most from your next engine buildup, use the DeskTop Dyno engine-dyno simulators. Have fun designing the "ultimate" street or all-out racing engine. What the DeskTop Dynos can do: * Build and test virtually any 4-cycle engine * Instantly switch between US and metric units * Find the best parts for street or racing applications * Easily select components--just point and click * Test alternate fuels and nitrous oxide injection * Auto-scaling power, torque, pressure curves * Display and print components and color graphs * Test carburetors/injection, stock and racing manifolds * View and print engine pressures, efficiencies * Use built-in advanced calculators (Cam, CR, Airflow) * Add pro features with optional advanced and ProTools kits Tune these key engine components: * Bore and stroke (short strokes now supported) * Number of cylinders * Intake and exhaust valve sizes * 1, 2, or 3 valves per port * Modify valve event timing, valve lift * New lobe acceleration analysis and modeling * Change lobe centerlines and durations * Intake/exhaust port design and modifications * Wedge, Canted, Hemi, and 4-valve heads * Improved flow-bench data modeling * Enter flow data to model any cylinder head * Up to 4,000 cfm peak induction flow * Any carburetor (multiple or single) or fuel injection * Intake manifold and exhaust systems * Compression ratio from 6:1 to 18:1 * Various fuels, including gasoline, methanol, more * Nitrous oxide with gasoline

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$75.95

SA Design Modern Engine Blueprinting Techniques

Modern Engine Blueprinting Techniques by author Mike Mavrigian, provides an unprecedented level of detail and instruction on both balancing and blueprinting your engine. For more than 50 years, balancing and blueprinting has been an accepted and common practice to maximize engine performance. Any enthusiast or professional that invests the time to precisely build an engine in this fashion will reap the rewards with an engine that will run strong and last long. This book covers the block, crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, cylinder heads, intake manifolds, camshaft, measuring tools, and more!

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$27.79

SA Design Automotive Wiring and Electrical Systems

Often, wiring and electrical work intimidates automotive do-it-yourselfers the most. It's not mechanical, and therefore, it's unfamiliar territory. Electrons are invisible, and they can do unpredictable things in an untrained enthusiast's eyes. Finally, there is an enthusiast's guide that takes the mysteries and misunderstandings out of automotive electrical design, modification, diagnostics, and repair. Automotive Wiring and Electrical Systems is the perfect book to unshroud the mysteries of automotive electrics and electronic systems. The basics of electrical principles, including voltage, amperage, resistance, and Ohm's Law, are revealed in clear and concise detail, so the enthusiast understands what these mean in the construction and repair of automotive electrical circuits. All the tools and the proper equipment required for automotive electrical tasks are covered. In addition, this in-depth guide explains how to perform more complex tasks, such as adding new circuits, installing aftermarket electronics, repairing existing circuits, building your own wiring harness, and troubleshooting. Author Tony Candela explains how to complete popular wiring projects, such as adding late-model electronic accessories and convenience items to earlier-model cars, installing relays, designing and assembling multi-function circuits and harnesses, and much more. With this book in hand, you will be able to assemble, design, and build single- and multi-function circuits and harnesses, troubleshoot and repair existing circuits, and install aftermarket systems and electronics. Automotive Wiring and Electrical Systems is your essential guide for wiring a hot rod from scratch, modifying muscle car electrical circuits for cooling fans and/or power windows, or adding a premium stereo and other conveniences to modern performance cars.

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ABCs For Future Race Car Drivers Book

Teach your young hot rod enthusiast the alphabet with this ABCs for Future Race Car Drivers book. The book has 22 pages and a hardbound cover.

5.0 out of 5 stars ( 9 )

$12.99

SA Design How to Swap GM LS Series Engines into Almost Anything

Get help creating a unique ride with the legendary LS Series engine in SA Design's How to Swap GM LS Series Engines into Almost Anything. This how-to book shows you the way to fit these powerhouse engines into popular GM F-body cars and non-GM musclecars, sports cars, trucks, and hot rods. Get a historical review, complete specs, and details to select and fit the best LS engine to your vehicle. How to Swap GM LS Series Engines into Almost Anything reveals mounting kits, oil pan modifications, a selection of suitable components, compatible transmissions, and even reprogramming equipment and software. Transplant high performance into your ride with help from How to Swap GM LS Series Engines into Almost Anything from SA Design.

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$28.79

High-Performance Cams & Valvetrains: Theory, Technology, and Selection

In the book: High-Performance Cams & Valvetrains: Theory, Technology, and Selection, Billy Godbold, farm kid-turned-physicist, combines his quarter-century of experience with valvetrains at Comp Cams, Lunati, Crane Cams, and Edelbrock. He also provides insight on the techniques he uses with professional teams in NASCAR, NHRA, road racing, dirt track racing, offshore racing, and land speed racing, guiding you to think about any valvetrain system with his perspective. Often lighthearted and filled with analogies, this book endeavors to make complex concepts easy to understand without ever watering down important details. Specific configurations and applications are also covered, providing techniques and examples for optimizing camshafts and the valvetrain around intakes, headers, superchargers, turbochargers, carburetors, fuels, and modern EFI applications. If you are planning or building a classic hot rod, modern performance LS, Hemi, Coyote, or Godzilla, or competition engine for road racing, circle track, or drag racing, practical details show you how any valvetrain system should be modified to extract the most from every component and help you achieve your unique goals.

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SA Design Bodywork and Rust Repair

There comes a time when just about every car on the road will need some form of rust or body repair. Quite often, if the car is a daily driver for running errands, repairs are never made, and the car eventually ends up in junkyard heaven. For our beloved collector cars, hot rods, and musclecars, dents, dings, and rust are not an option, and neither is the scrap heap. And for just about any restoration project, the bodywork is by far the most expensive part of the process. In SA Design Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair, veteran Matt Joseph shows you the ins and outs of tackling both simple and difficult rust and metalwork projects. It also includes a comprehensive resource guide. Whether you want to tackle a full restoration project or just save money by doing minor repairs yourself, Automotive Bodywork and Rust Repair is the book to get you through it! Topics include: * How to select the proper tools for the job * Common-sense approaches to the task ahead of you * Preparing and cleaning sheet metal * Section fabrications and repair patches * Welding options such as gas and electric * Forming, fitting, and smoothing * Cutting metal * Final metal finishing (including filling and sanding) * The secrets of lead filling * Making panels fit properly * And much more!

4.67 out of 5 stars ( 6 )

$36.99

SA Design New Hemi Engine Swaps: How to Swap 5.7, 6.1, 6.4 and Hellcat Engines into Almost Anything

Learn the tricks of the trade in modernizing your vintage Mopar with modern Hemi technology reading through SA Design's New Hemi Engine Swaps: How to Swap 5.7, 6.1, 6.4 and Hellcat Engines into Almost Anything. The modern Hemi Gen III 5.7L, 6.1L, 6.4L, and Hellcat engines produce amazing amounts of horsepower and torque, and current electronic engine controls produce exceptional reliability and respectable fuel economy. As a result, these are popular engines to swap into classic muscle cars, hot rods, and other vehicles. Specifically, Hemi engines can be easily installed in classic A-Body, B-Body, and E-Body Mopar muscle cars. SA Design's New Hemi Engine Swaps: How to Swap 5.7, 6.1, 6.4 and Hellcat Engines into Almost Anything expertly guides you through each crucial step of the engine-swap process, so that the swap can be completed on a budget and with minimum hassle. Selecting the right adapter plates and motor mounts for a specific project car is essential, as is choosing or fabricating a transmission crossmember. Mopar stalwart and engine-swapping expert Joe Hinds explains how to select and adapt these components. He also explains how to integrate the engine wiring harness to the chassis wiring harness and install the EFI system componentry, including the electric fuel pump, high-pressure lines, fuel filters, and other parts. In addition, you are shown how to install drive-by-wire pedals and how to upgrade springs, shocks, and sway bars for a fully sorted high-performance Hemi. All parts adapting and retrofitting is thoroughly covered. The modern Hemi engine is lighter, stronger, and offers far better drivability and performance than older Mopar V8 engines. You don't want to waste time, and you want the best performance for your dollar. Using this book, filled with detailed instructions and over 400 full-color photos, you can confidently swap this engine into any classic Mopar or muscle car.

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SA Design How to Build Max-Performance Ford FE Engines

SA Design's How to Build Max-Performance Ford FE Engines, from author Barry Rabotnick, provides a very insightful, easy-to-follow approach for selecting the right crank, connecting rods, pistons, and making necessary block modifications for Ford FE engines. In addition, this book covers port sizing, cam lift, the best rocker arm geometry, plus so much more! Finally, Ford FE fans can own the one book that they have been searching for!

4.67 out of 5 stars ( 3 )

$27.99

SA Design How to Rebuild the Big-Block Mopar

The Mopar big-block RB and B engines have powered millions of Dodge, Plymouth, and Chrysler cars from 1959 to 1978, including some of the most iconic muscle cars-the Charger, Superbird, Barracuda, GTX, Road Runner, Super Bee, and many others. Over the course of 50-plus years, these engines have required and will continue to require rebuilding, and SA Design How to Rebuild the Big-Block Mopar is an indispensable guide for the process. Veteran magazine writer Arvid Svendsen documents a professional-caliber rebuild in this latest Workbench Series title. Photographs accompanied by exceptionally detailed captions with clear, concise instructions guide you through each crucial stage of the rebuild process. You will be able to confidently complete the rebuild of an entire engine, which includes pulling the engine from the car and disassembling the long block. All crucial steps of assembly are shown and discussed in exquisite detail, so you can install main bearings, crankshaft, pistons, rods, lifters, push rods, and the entire valvetrain, heads, intake, carb, and all other parts with confidence. This book is a must-have for any Mopar enthusiast.

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SA Design How to Rebuild 4.6-/5.4-Liter Ford Engines

Since 1991, the popular and highly modifiable Ford 4.6-liter has become a modern-day V-8 phenomenon, powering everything from Ford Mustangs to hand-built hot rods, and the 5.4-liter has powered trucks, SUVs, the Shelby GT500, and more. The wildly popular 4.6-liter has created an industry unto itself with a huge supply of aftermarket high-performance parts, machine services, and accessories. Its design delivers exceptional potential, flexibility, and reliability. The 4.6-liter can be built to produce 300 hp up to 2,000 hp, and in turn, it has become a favorite among rebuilders, racers, and high-performance enthusiasts. How to Rebuild 4.6-/5.4-Liter Ford Engines expertly guides you through each step of rebuilding the modular 4.6- and 5.4-liter engines, providing essential information and insightful detail. This volume delivers the complete nuts-and-bolts rebuild story, so the enthusiast can professionally rebuild an engine at home and achieve the desired performance goals. In addition, it contains a retrospective of the engine family, essential identification information, and component differences between engines made at Romeo and Windsor factories for identifying your engine and selecting the right parts. It also covers how to properly plan a 4.6-/5.4-liter build-up and choose the best equipment for your engine's particular application. As with all Workbench Series books, How to Rebuild the 4.6-/5.4-Liter Ford is packed with detailed photos and comprehensive captions, that guide you step by step through the disassembly, machine work, assembly, start-up, break-in, and tuning procedures for all iterations of the 4.6-/5.4-liter engines, including 2-valve and 3-valve SOHC and the 4-valve DOHC versions. It also includes an easy-to-reference spec chart and suppliers guide so you find the right equipment for your particular build-up.

4.29 out of 5 stars ( 7 )

$28.99

SA Design Mopar Small-Block Engines: How to Build Max Performance

If you own an LA small-block-powered Mopar car or truck, this invaluable guide and instructions will allow you to optimize performance and maintain reliability. The LA engine platform evolved into the Magnum 5.2- and 5.9-liter engines and became the new standard of Mopar small block performance. In SA Design's "Mopar Small-Block Engines: How to Build Max Performance" expert and author Larry Shepard identifies the best parts—and clearly guides you through the specific techniques to extract maximum performance for LA and Magnum engines. In particular, he covers heads, cams, and valvetrain products and modifications that will achieve your horsepower targets. In addition, Shepard provides exquisite details and in-depth build-up instruction for other essential components—locks, cranks, pistons, rods, ignition systems, intakes, carburetors, and exhaust.

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$40.79

How to Install Air Ride Suspension Systems

Learn everything there is to know about how to install a versatile and capable air ride system! Air suspension used to be expensive, difficult to install, and complex to understand. However, that was years ago. Today, thanks to kits made for virtually every make and model of car and truck, plus the popularization of automatic levelling kits, it's easier than ever to take a vehicle and put it on the ground. With properly installed air ride suspension, you can set the height wherever you like, lay your ride on the asphalt when you want, and even tear through the corners like you're driving a slot car. However, here's the most important part: it's just cool. Having an air-bagged vehicle isn't restricted to one vehicle class or another. While it originally became popular with mini trucks, it soon caught on with street rods, cars, and motorcycles—and even traditional lowriders have embraced the scene. That's because where previous adjustable suspensions had their problems, air ride setups are quite often cleaner and easier to maintain. It all depends on how it's installed and how you manage it. In "How to Install Air Ride Suspension Systems" from SA Design and CarTech, air ride veteran Kevin Whipps walks you through everything you need to know about installing an air suspension onto pretty much anything. After going through the basics of each component, he explains how they all work in harmony in easy-to-understand terms that make it simple for even the mechanically challenged to grasp. By the end of it all, you'll know more about air suspension than you thought was possible and have a clear understanding of what you need to do to bag your ride. This 144-page paperback includes 398 color photos.

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LS Gen III Engine Wiring Systems: 1997-2007

Automotive enthusiasts who've followed hot-rodding trends over the last decade know that GM's LS-series engine is the most popular swap on the market. Similar to the first-generation small-block Chevy engines that were swapped into Model A Fords back in the day, these swaps are arguably just as popular. While kits and the aftermarket help with the logistics and the placement of hardware (such as motor mounts, oil pans, and headers), the area that remains a mystery to most is how to wire and electronically control your swapped LS project. In "LS Gen III Engine Wiring Systems: 1997-2007" from SA Design, expert Mike Noonan helps demystify the entire complicated process. Extensively covered are terms and tools of the trade, advice on quality connections, detailed coverage of all the engine control modules offered, drive-by-wire systems, harness connectors, and cruise-control systems. Also covered in-depth are air-conditioning systems, cooling-system fan operation, transmission interfaces and connectivity, and control-module programming (tuning) for standalone operation. Featuring wiring diagrams and computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) artwork—as well as an appendix with real-world projects and examples—this 192-page guide covers all the bases. Whether you're performing a simple swap that utilizes only the basics, a more complex project with all the bells and whistles, or simply want a working knowledge of how these systems work, the guide will be a valuable resource for years to come. It contains 267 color photos and 80 wiring diagrams.

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$26.79

Clymer Repair Manuals

Clymer repair manuals are written by accomplished professionals in the publishing industry who are also enthusiasts on the machines that they outline. Their enthusiasm is clearly evident when using a Clymer manual. Whether you're performing routine maintenance, such as tune-ups and brake service, or more extensive repairs involving engine and transmission disassembly, these manuals provide you with reliable information. Accurate, clear, and concise text, combined with detailed illustrations and photography, makes it possible for the novice enthusiast to safely and enjoyably service their vehicle. At the same time, their in-depth coverage provides indispensable information for those tackling more complicated procedures. The Clymer library consists of over 400 manuals, covering motorcycles, ATVs, marine engines, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, outdoor power equipment, small engines, and farm tractors. With these Clymer repair manuals, you can save money, have fun, and take pride in knowing that you completed the job!

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$48.99